Euchelus Philippi 1847 (snail)

Gastropoda - Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae

Parent taxon: Calliotropidae according to K. Bandel 2010

See also Ladd 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Ambercyclus, Amberleya, Calliotropinae, Calliotropis, Eucycloidea, Eucyclomphalus, Eucycloscala, Eucycloscalinae, Eucyclus, Gerasimovcyclus, Mistelgauia, Neoeunema, Trochonodus, Trypanotrochus, Planolateralus, Cidarina, Ilerdus, Bathybembix, Calliomphalus, Onkospira, Paleunema, Mirachelus, Turcica, Lischkeia, Perrinia, Solaricida, Danilia

Subtaxa: Euchelus (Antillachelus) Euchelus (Euchelus) Euchelus (Herpetopoma) Euchelus (Vaceuchelus) Euchelus atratus Euchelus rubrus

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Type: Trochus quadricarinatus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Eritrea (1), Japan (3), the Marshall Islands (3), New Zealand (1), Thailand (1), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Fiji (1), Indonesia (3), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (1)

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1)

Total: 26 collections including 33 occurrences

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